Leslie Jones Quits Twitter Over Racist Abuse

Leslie Jones just gave us a horrific look at what it's like to be a black woman on Twitter. After tweeting several examples of hateful, racist comments she received on the social media platform, her account was hacked and used to publish homophobic messages.

Understandably, Jones decided to quit Twitter altogether, saying she felt exhausted and numb from all the hate.

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I leave Twitter tonight with tears and a very sad heart.All this cause I did a movie.You can hate the movie but the shit I got today...wrong

The Ghostbustersremake, starring Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, and Kate McKinnon, has been a target for "Ghostbros," fans of the original movie who made it a point to negatively rate the film and its trailers on websites like IMDb and YouTube.

Some of the messages Jones had received were shockingly racist.

It's so sad,most of these comments sound like they are from ignorant children. "I'm the source of AIDS?!" WTF!! These people hate themselves

A Twitter spokesperson told BuzzFeed: "This type of abusive behavior is not permitted on Twitter, and we've taken action on many of the accounts reported to us by both Leslie and others. We rely on people to report this type of behavior to us but we are continuing to invest heavily in improving our tools and enforcement systems to prevent this kind of abuse. We realize we still have a lot of work in front of us before Twitter is where it should be on how we handle these issues."

The company's acknowledgment that it has far to go is welcome, but it might be too little, too late for the Ghostbusters star.

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